Bring Doctor Who Downunder

18 November 2013 , 10:18 AM by Michael Clarke

A federal MP is calling on the BBC to film the 2015 series of the hit TV show Doctor Who in Australia.

Dawson MP George Christensen will table a motion today proposing the ABC, Screen Australia and the various state-based film funding bodies consider offering finance to entice the BBC to film in the country.

Mr Christensen, who admits he's a fan of the show, agrees it will be one of the more unusual motions in Federal Parliament today, but says there would be considerable benefits if the sci-fi show were to be shot here.

I can't see them filming an entire series in Australia - I don't think licence-fee payers in the UK would go for that - but a couple of episodes would be great (I'd love to see some more of the cast members from Farscape appearing after Ben Browder's cameo last year). They're also long overdue to film episodes in Canada, homeland of one of the show's creators, Sydney Newman.